Re: [Bug-gnubg] Cube settings in the interface

[Joern Thyssen]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 06:38:29PM +0200, Achim Mueller wrote
> Hi folks,
> 
> sorry for the traffic but I just became aware of a strange behave of
> gnubg. In an earlier posting I showed one or two positions where I
> didn't undersatnd gnubg's doubling strategy and also didn't understand,
> that gnubg critizises its own doublings (though same settings in
> analysis. evaluation and players).
> 
> Playing a bit with gnubg I also wondered why gnubg is very fast in
> deciding whether to double or take/pass a double.
> 
> I just started gnubg in a terminal and checked the settings with "show
> settings". Though I definitely set cube evaluation to 2-ply it showed up
> with 0-ply (I swear).
> 
> After setting it manually with "set player gnubg cubedecision evaluation
> plies 2" and "save settings" it now works correct. But how can I be sure
> (Well, not me, but everyone using only the graphical interface) that the
> settings made in the menues are the settings gnubg really uses.

The problem is that it is the chequerplay evaluation context that is
shown in the dialog. The cube evaluation context should be added.

Jørn

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